when princess sparkle met captain oats

so I spent most of the morning today hanging out at kids ministry at sunday service. And it got me thinking, why do people make babies. I'm all for procreating, i mean if our parents didnt fall in love and get married, we would not have been born. So what exactly causes Princess sparkle to fall in love with the Captain, and why on earth would they want to make mini sparkles and oats. Anyway, here's an insight to what goes on at kids ministry.

10:15am

Kids are randomly dropped off at this semi cosy room in curtin. Though i do have to admit, these bunch of kids were blessed with good genes. They all looked very pleasant, and one would not have thrown something at the kids just because they had asymmetrical facial features. I soon found out that any one above the age of 13 were called "teachers". Imagine the shock, and mild delight when i was referred to as Teacher Jeremy. There was a brief moment of madness ( that seemed to set the tone for the rest of the session) when Teacher Ivy induced the kids to guess who was in charge of games for the day. This set off many of the kids who proceeded to scream and shout out names. It was soon revealed that teacher brandon was in charge of games and the game (honestly so boring, so boring that i wont bother telling you what it was) was played. That ended the games segment of the session.

1100am

After what seemed like a rather energetic 30 mins of games, the kids were split up into different age groups. I followed Teacher Faith and Teacher Yan pin as they lead the toddlers into a different room. What madness that ensued, i do not wish it upon anyone. The aim for that 30 mins was to teach these sugar-induced toddlers how to dance to a kids song for fathers day. I will attempt to describe the scene. In the middle of the room, Yan pin was attempting tirelessly to coerce and cajole the kids into following her routine. However, most of these kids had other ideas in mind. Cathlin, she proved to be quite an agile little cat. She was climbing from table to table. Ryan, he was more of a method actor. Throughout the time spent in the room, he tried his best to act like a snake crawling over the floors like a snake on his belly. There were other kids too of course, most of them running around some very interested with what the bin had to offer. Looking at the scene before me, even i started to feel very sleepy and tired. Finally, after realizing the futility of their efforts, the teachers started to gather their young friends and brought them back for a round of art and craft. At this point, Faith decided that little Christopher had had enough and we brought him to see his brother, daylan.

1200ish, (honestly, i forget)

This next place i went to was the creche. There was a ball pen, which my practical side had to convince me that it was not big enough for a 21 year old. There were little toy cars, and puzzles and of course babies. To say that it was an educational visit would be an understatement. I learned that babies loved to throw food out of their mouths. I learned that you do not throw a ball at a baby. I learned that you tell the gender of the baby not by how he or she looks but by the colour of their clothes.

Many more things happened throughout this experience but i do realize i am waffling and as i write this, even i am getting tired recounting the experience. Bringing it all back to the point of this post, kids, athough alot of work are very lovable creatures. True, some of them do have weird habits ( one such habit of daylan included pulling down his pants for the world to see), and some of them have terrible eating manners ( i do believe taking your lasagna and spewing it on the sleeping mats is not acceptable manners in any part of the world, even the tribes of malaysia i.e kuching) but they have a serene aura about them. So the next time your princess sparkle and captain oats moment comes along, think about the joy of children, and also, i cant help but add this, think about the population problem that is China.

Peace to my kiwi brethren, and eunice teo too i suppose

(Next post: cool gang signs and language of the ghetto)

DISCLAIMER: the post above are purely jerry's opinion and thoughts about the incident. please read with a pinch of salt. if troubled by the above post, seek counselling from eunice teo. -eunicet-

We love malaysia, we do

Greetings my fellow kiwis. I do hope everyone's eating right and working out those bodies for the abs for summer program, with everyone jumping on the bandwagon that is atkins, we will definitely have washboard abs in no time.

Some tips for the uninitiated who want to get ripped
1) Drink lots of water
2) Pee a lot ( i think 1 and 2 go hand in hand)
3) Eat your greens
4) Better yet, just dont eat
5) And the number one tip to lose weight, drop the carbs. Remember Jeremy's maxim, carbs are bad, protein is good.


Anyways, apparently our church paid quite a bit of money for the John maxwell leadership conference - MAXIMUM Impact. I do urge everyone to go. I like to think of it as 25 dollars spent on lunch, and you get a whole day's worth of speaking by really good speakers ( the writer notes the redundant sentence but failed to come up with better words). According to a source, conferences like these usually cost about 180 to 200 dollars. And these people are literally as famous as they sound. Except maybe not as famous as luminaries like Ronald Macdonald and Colonel Sanders of KFC fame. So if you're interested, do seek out the table outside church on sunday where very beautiful people will be waiting to sign you up. Of course, the organizers are thinking of having an after party, which will probably be at murdoch lecture theatre at 5.


And now for the serious matter of refreshments. This week, our theme will be food that you can cook, Already, thousands are marveling at the originality of the theme. Yes, you read it right the first time, its food you can cook. Remember friends, bring some food, if not we will go hungry. Aim to feed a small nation on friday, as eunice wong will be breaking fast.  (attm: jiali, this does not include your uber salty mash potato). And for all you tools who didnt click attending for merdeka day, it is on. Please show your support for the glorious nation of Malaysia. As always, there will be some "losers" who play badminton on sunday so you can join them (at 530pm) or tennis with the cooler kids (330pm) and then after basking in their loser aura, go to eunice's house, shower, and eat food while we sing favorites such as dayung sampan and we love zimbaweeeeee.


Ok peace kiwis, im out

hey guys..

how was your weekend??? busy? tiring? fun? hehe.. i know most of us will be caught up with all the exams and assignments pouring in.. but always rmb God will be our strength n our support in our times of challenges yea.. God has been so awesome in our loves that we can't forget all these yea..

just a note for u guys.. our cell is doing the 40 hr famine dis week.. we'll b starting on thurs morning 6am, and we'll break fast together on friday at 10pm after we finish word yea.. so do let me know if u're interested in joining us.. so far we have jiali, eunicewong gloria aletheia and myself fasting yea.. for the rest of u who are not, do join us by supporting all of us in prayer and by donating yea..

for those of u who are not sure why we fast, attached is a link to something that may help shed some light k? but just some simple explaination frm me..

basically fasting is denying yourself of someting (eg, food, technology) and committing that time to God in prayer and supplication. this is so we can focus ourselves on God and not on whatever fast we are doing. for this event, we are fasting for 40 hours, for the children in india. you know how they are deprived of many things like education, a roof over their head, food etc.. and what we can do to help, is to raise funds for them. and we are doing it through a fast..

if u guys have any other questions, feel free to ask me [or if u wan a famine kit] or visit world vision's 40 hour famine website yea..

changes!!!

hey guys.. change of plans for this week.. dis week.. we're starting cell early.. we'll start at 6pm, and hopefully finish by 7.30. then we will head for the place above. if u have not already guessed where it is.. it is the...

yup.. thats right.. perth airport.. we are going to send our belevod zion sup off.. for those of you who are still blur about what is happening.. basically she has some visa problems. so she will be going back to singapore first and settle everything else from there.. so.. we wanna give her a nice farewell don't we??

while we wanna give bijia a good farewell, we don't wanna compromise God's time yea.. especially worship and word. so for this week, we'll start at 6, do worship n word (without compromising it yea) and then head to the airport hopefully by 8. her flight is at 9.30. so guys.. pls pls do come on time ok? since we are running on a tight schedule.. we dun wanna miss sending bijia off, but even more importantly, we don't wanna miss our appointment with our Heavenly Father yea.. so punctuality is very impt..

after sending her off, we wld head for refreshments (ie supper) ideas are welcomed. prob not uncle billys k? we'll leave that theme to next week. but yea. think of where u wanna eat k? den we'll head der straight aft sending bijia off. n i think. we can have a relatively early night to prepare ourselves for zionlympics (wasn't jeremy's entry[the pic in it i mean] just awesome? hahaha)

finally, the roster is out.. for worship. dis week, we'll have kenny with jeremy on guitar.. and yours truly doing word yea.. dis week is short n simple yea.. we'll do more (like more musicians, games and refreshments nxt week)

ZionOlympics Serve your "nation"

Hello fellow kiwis, and eunice.

The eagerly-anticipated Zion Olympics is on this Saturday. Eunice, the fearless leader of our band of kiwis has of course been keeping us informed of all things zionOlympics. This post is not to bore you with the details of the event.

Saturday morning, pain in the crack to wake up for sport. But but, hear thee, this event could bring our band of kiwis to new heights of mateship. In times of adversity, when we band together and bring down the common enemy of the other "pretty average" teams, i think we will come out of the fire closer than ever, tight as a bodybuilder's bicep. Think about the sweat and tears that have gone into such greats like ice tea with milk, and chilli pepper squid. These wonderful creations were not created by sleeping at home on a saturday. However, I digress. Bringing it back and summing it all up, we have to be there on saturday for. The fittest and bravest of men have fought long and hard to represent their nation. For it only takes a good man to do nothing, for evil to flourish. The world is in peril, and we have to be there on saturday......to make a change.

Right, anyways, jokes aside, seriously, it be so so fun to play sport together as a cell. Even though we have jiali who is abit un-coordinated, i think we will still post a challenge. So 5 dollars for rego, if you are poor or just cannot be bothered to waste 5 dollars, our cell fund will cover it.

[pic courtesy of eunice]

Peace Kiwis


PS: Pray hard, Pray harder than you have before. Pray, for Bijia


NB: also note that this writer wanted to add pictures of pretty inspiring stuff, like a baby crying after making a poop, or Michael Phelps raising his hands in victory, but i dont know how!

uncle Bs or the kiwis??

hey guys. how has your week been??? have you guys been intentionally LOVING the people around you?? i have been challenged at work today.. to really show love to my workmates who are less lovable.. especially during the lunch rush when everyone was busy and irritable.. remember to continually show love to people k???

last week's refreshments were awesome.. and dis week is gg to b even greater rite?? hehehe.. for dis week's cell refreshments theme is "uncle Bs".. since it seems like alot of people are sick dis week, we shall go for "comfort food" like food we get back home, or that our parents wld cook for us... basically.. different kinds of chinese food k?? lets see if we can bring it up to uncle B's standard. hehe. since its our fav hang out.. oh. its really not a competition yea.. its juz a theme.. hehs.. so yup.. as said last week, someone requested for bak kut teh, etc etc etc.. so just tag wad u can bring k?? n we'll get a list of who is doing wad...

list of food
-bak kut teh
-sweet n sour fish

yupyup... enjoy the rest of the week.. for those of u out der who are sick, pls rest more n get well soon. n for d rest of us, keep them in prayer k?? (that includes me. heh.)

cell wld b @ e usual place [my house] @ e usual time 7.30pm k?? lets all try n get der a little earlier so we wont start late k?? and lets also get excited for cell n zionolympics. hehe.. roster wld b up soon yea.. so stay tuned guys!!!

Zionlympics & sports

who here has been watching the olympics??? i have!!! australia has won some awesome medals in the pooll. its been so exciting watching the events.. i can't wait for table tennis to come up. cos dats e only even singapore has the slightest chance to win.. hehe.. now now.. to get all of us in the olympics mood, zion has organised an event. also held once in 4 years called... ZIONLYMPICS...

thats right.. we're having 2 sections to it.. the second is a competition in various sports.. you form your own team and compete wif other teams in zion.. so if u're interested let me know k?? [badminton, soccer, rugby] and for the main section that all of us can participate in.. its the cell games!!! basically we have been bunched up with some other cells frm other zones to play the games together.. n we're to represent a country... our cell is together with MAX's cell and CAROLINE (curtin zone).. yup.. and we are representing none other than *SINGAPORE* (jeremy tan plays the national anthem). haha.. yup.. so basically we're gg to dress up to the theme of the country and have a mascot as well.. so if anyone has any fantastic ideas, give us a shout out k?? its gonna be awesome!!!

those who are interested in participating, there is an entry fee of $5, and trust me, its gonna be awesome!!! so lets all get excited and look forward to it k?? details are as follows.. 23rd Aug, 0900... rsvp to jeremy tan k???

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while we are on the topic of exercise, as some of you know, uwa zone has started a new unit in the human movement faculty, with a special unit code of TENNIS 101.. basically, our unit coordinator isaiah tay will cover the basic strokes of tennis, and you will receive one on one coaching advice from him and his tutors.. there are still spaces available for this unit, so come down if you are interested yea.. he is starting from basics so don't feel bad if you can't hit a ball.. it is at uwa tennis courts (beside the recreation centre) from 4pm - 6pm. if you need transport let eunice teo know k??




other sports activities going on as well, we have soccer at 4 as well for the guys, and badminton at 6 after tennis yea.. so lets all get into our sporting gear n get fit!!

dip dip dip

i love u Jesus, dip down in my heart!(2x) talk about dip dip down down dip down in my heart..(2x)


hahaha ok... that song was wrong.. in that the dip is meant to be DEEP.. ok did that make any sense at all??? try guessing an item/theme from that.. *hint: its gotta do wif refreshments and chocolates* make a guess before u scroll down.. sms me your guesses k?? if u guess correctly u win yourself chocolates.. hehehe.. *but be honest k?? dun see answer den "guess"*


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yuppers.. just as jiali as requested for an update for this week's refreshments... we're having.... *drumroll* fondues!!! yup. yummy yummy fondues.. we're having 3 different fondues.. white choc, dark choc, and CHEESE... yups.. i will prepare the fondues.. and what u guys can bring r e stuff to dip em in.. yups. dats where the "dip" came from. hehe.. how many of u got it right?? we'll also finish off d steamboat stuff frm 2 weeks back k? dun worry its fresh.. anw.. what we'll try dis week is everyone bring something k?? juz sth simple.. unless u guys haf time to do others.. i've listed wad needs to be brought so u guys juz shout out in e tag board wad u wanna bring den i will add it to d list k?? n rmb.. first come first serve. hehe..


list of food:


[chocolate fondues] - eunice teo (white) janice (mocha)
- marshmallows - jeremyt
- fruits
*kiwi - jiali
*bananas - janice
*strawberries - gloria
*green apples



[cheese fondues] -eunice teo
- breadsticks (or other varieties of bread) - jeremyt
- meatballs - eunice teo (gloria?)
- asparagus
- cream crackers - eunice teo
- baked mushrooms - kennyc *yum*


ok the list is not limited to these k?? i am running out of brain juices of wad to do. so if u have any other suggestions, juz tag it.. and i will add it on as soon as i see it.. and i was thinking of doing 1 staple item (so our men [+jiali n eunicew] dun get hungry).. so... if anyone has any idea of wad to do.. whether it fits in wif e theme or not, juz say k??

alrighty.. last but not least.. details for dis week... cell dis week wld b 7:30pm @ my place.. rmb we try to aim for punctuality k?? and d roster is below..

games - eunice wong
worship - eunice teo
musician - jeremy tan
word - eunice teo
transport - jiali [let her know if u need transport]

hope u guys have not been skipping classes!! hehe.. i haven't! been really good attending lectures n all.. hehe.. have an awesome week!!! and juz a note. if any of u need prayers feel free to let me know k?? hehehe..

hello hello

greetings to all!!!

to those of you who went for CAM vision day just now, wasn't it just great? wasn't michael battersby just amazing?? i think girls can just melt with his singing.. amazing. and the vocals ppl had a good workout during the workshops. how were the rest of the workshops?? share how it went k?? and for those of u who missed out on the awesome time of tennis badminton and basketball, do come down next sunday.. we're aiming to keep fit this semester yea?? hehe..

anyway, yup! d blog is up.. kiwis.. intiated by mr jeremytan *applauds* yea.. i figured its kinda cute. since can link wif our vision.. but yea.. for dis blog, trust me. dis space wld b flooded with details and updates and articles that we have, so do keep a look out regularly yea.. oh yea.. d numbers haf no particular order yea.. juz dat jeremy wanted to b no 1 and jiali din wan no 4. hehe.. so yeap.. i've juz listed ppl in randomly..

alrighty.. hope u guys have a GREAT time at school this week!!! remember to find chances to be intentional this week k?? i haf confidence that u guys can do it!!! hehe.. and lets all remember to say the prayer i sent u guys last round before we leave house each day k?? if u guys dun haf it, its below.. alright.. catch u guys soon!!!


"Father, create a new heart in us, renew our mind, restore our strength. Tune our heartbeat to yours, so that it will beat at the same frequency as yours. Let us express your heartbeat to our community everywehre we go, let us bring revival, bring fire to our campus, that you be lifted high. Here we are. Send us, how can we meet your needs today? Holy spirit, I depend on you, walk with me. Amen"